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'The Blind Man' by D.H. Lawrence
Introduction by David Rose Alongside the celebrated masterpieces of Modernism's miracle year were two significant story collections:...
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- Jul 16
- 30 min
'The Queer Feet' by G.K. Chesterton
Introduction by Jessie Greengrass. To begin, let’s say straight up that Chesterton was an Edwardian englishman, a Catholic convert, a...
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- Jul 9
- 4 min
'The Worries of a Head of Household' by Franz Kafka
Introduction by Claire Carroll. It was in February 2020, on the cusp of the pandemic, that I re-read Franz Kafka’s Metamorphosis and...
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- Jul 2
- 40 min
'Je Ne Parle Pas Français' by Katherine Mansfield
Introduction by Matthew Turner. A writer living in Paris named Raoul Duquette, who is interested in English literature, meets another...
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- Jun 25
- 13 min
'Kabuliwala' by Rabindranath Tagore
Introduction by Susmita Bhattacharya. It is a hot Sunday afternoon, and my little sister and I grab our seats in front of the television....
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- Jun 18
- 17 min
'The Moth' by H.G. Wells
Introduction by J.S. Barnes. In spite of his numerous abilities and considerable literary versatility, H G Wells - science fiction...
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- Jun 11
- 15 min
'A Meeting' by Guy De Maupassant
Introduction by Linda Mannheim. I can’t remember the wider context of my life when I read “A Meeting” by Guy de Maupassant, but I can...
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- Jun 4
- 15 min
'Letter to a Young Lady' by Julio Cortázar
Letter to a Young Lady in Paris (Carta a una señorita en París) Introduction by Kit Caless. I wish I could choose multiple Julio Cortázar...
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- May 28
- 42 min
'I And My Chimney' by Herman Melville
Introduction by Avee Chaudhuri Herman Melville is rarely thought of as a comedian, but only someone as somber, moral, obsessive, and...
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- May 21
- 5 min
'The Story of An Hour' by Kate Chopin
Introduction by Sarah Dobbie The short story is perhaps one of the most compelling forms of creative expression available to writers. The...
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- May 14
- 10 min
'The Tell-Tale Heart' by Edgar Allan Poe
Introduction by Melissa Wan Along with Roald Dahl’s fantastic ‘Lamb to the Slaughter’, Edgar Allan Poe’s ‘The Tell-Tale Heart’ is one of...
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- May 7
- 12 min
'The Doll's House' by Katherine Mansfield
Introduction by Robert Stone Ending things is difficult for everybody not least for story writers. Eudora Welty said, ‘It’s really part...
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- Apr 30
- 15 min
'Hop-Frog' by Edgar Allan Poe
Introduction by Jonathan Taylor At the ferocious climax of Poe’s story ‘Hop-Frog’ (1849), the central character – a ‘court jester’ who is...
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- Apr 23
- 35 min
'Blumfeld, An Elderly Bachelor' by Franz Kafka
Introduction by James Morrison You are born in Prague 1883, a Jewish German Bohemian in Austria-Hungary. You are lonely, an isolated man....
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- Apr 16
- 16 min
'The Monkey's Paw' by W.W. Jacobs
Introduction by Krishan Coupland As with many cultural artefacts, my first experience of the general idea behind W W Jacobs’s superb...
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- Apr 9
- 8 min
'A Pair of Silk Stockings' by Katherine Chopin
Introduction by Amy Cipolla Barnes. “Little Mrs. Sommers one day found herself the unexpected possessor of fifteen dollars.” When you...
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- Apr 2
- 16 min
'A Hunger Artist' by Franz Kafka
Introduction by Cheryl Pappas. I’ve always been captivated by this parable by Kafka. A man is in a cage at the circus, on display for his...
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- Mar 26
- 13 min
'Pictures' by Katherine Mansfield
Introduction by Ailsa Cox Katherine Mansfield’s writing is an inspiration for me, because her style is so highly charged emotionally and...
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- Mar 19
- 51 min
'The Murders in the Rue Morgue' by Edgar Allan Poe
Introduction by JL. Bogenschneider. The influence of Edgar Allan Poe’s philosopher-detective – C. August Dupin – and his investigation...
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- Mar 12
- 7 min
'Three Pictures' by Virginia Woolf
Introduction by Melissa Fu. When Tom invited me to share a classic short story, after much deliberation, I chose Virginia Woolf’s 'Three...
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